Showing results for hemmed in. Search instead for hemmafruns.

hemmed in

ADJECTIVE

cramped

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crowded narrow packed small tiny

STRONG

circumscribed close confined crabbed pent restricted squeezed

WEAK

awkward closed in illegible incommodious indecipherable irregular jammed in little minute tight tucked up two-by-four uncomfortable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

big broad-minded empty enormous generous huge large

WEAK

free open uncongested uncramped uncrowded uninhibited unobstructed

ADJECTIVE

enclosed

Synonyms

STRONG

encompassed girdled surrounded

ADJECTIVE

limited

Synonyms

STRONGEST

defined finite narrow

STRONG

bound bounded checked circumscribed confined constrained controlled curbed delimited fixed hampered local modified particular qualified reserved restrained sectional

WEAK

determinate precise topical

Antonyms

STRONGEST

unrestricted

STRONG

extroverted free general indefinite outgoing unbounded unlimited

WEAK

OK adequate limitless satisfactory sufficient

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Shaped roughly like a triangle, Kuwait is hemmed in by Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

I suspect that the movie might be too smart for its own good, or perhaps hemmed in by a cynicism that, everywhere we look lately, it appears that crime does pay.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

The Port of New York and New Jersey is hemmed in by the surrounding towns of Newark and Elizabeth, N.J.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Instead, it was a wide, empty street hemmed in by police barricades and a few enormous screens.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026

I want to help him, want to go to him, but I am hemmed in.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

hemmed in

Example Sentences

Related Words